McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Feather

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Feather


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1. ðåֹöָä or ðֹöָä notsah' (fuom ðָöָú , to fly), a pinion or wing-feather, Eze_17:3; Eze_17:7 (falsely "ostrich" in Job_39:13; but it means the excrement of the crop in Lev_1:16).

2. àֶáְøָä , ebrah' (fem. of àֶáֶø , Isa_40:21, which has the same meaning), likewise a pinion or wing-feather, Psa_68:13; Psa_91:4 (inexactly "wing," Deu_32:11; Job_39:13).

3. Incorrectly for äֲñַéøָä chasidah', Job_39:13, the stork, as elsewhere rendered. SEE WING.